Frequently Asked Questions
Why should we host a traveling exhibition?
How do traveling exhibitions increase audience outreach?
What are the benefits of traveling an exhibition we are planning?
How do you choose exhibitions to tour?
Why should we work with CATE to travel our exhibition?
How is CATE different than other touring exhibition
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Why should we host a traveling exhibition?
Traveling exhibitions offer a cost-effective way to expand your programming and ensure that your institution remains a vital public resource for educational and leisure activities. Our exhibitions are fully prepared and ready to install in your galleries at a fraction of what it would take to originate a similar exhibition independently.
How do traveling exhibitions increase audience outreach?
A dynamic program of changing exhibitions not only attracts new audiences, but also draws occasional visitors and members back to your museum. Diverse exhibitions exploring unique themes can appeal to new sections of the population, broadening awareness of your institution and appreciation for its impact in the community.
What are the benefits of traveling an exhibition we are planning?
There are many outstanding exhibitions with national and international appeal that, due to staff and budget priorities, do not travel beyond their originating museum. Working with CATE, institutions are able to extend the reach of their investment in a project while obtaining an increased national profile, which often aids in qualifying for grants and satisfying program outreach requirements.
How do you choose exhibitions to tour?
We seek exhibitions with a strong art component and curatorial thesis that have a national and/or international appeal. If you have a project that you would like to propose, please review further guidelines on our Exhibition Proposal page.
Why should we work with CATE to travel our exhibition?
Since 1987 CATE has placed over 200 exhibitions with more than 500 museums. Our focus on exhibition touring allows us to perform in a highly cost-effective fashion that most museums cannot match when touring their own projects. Our staff becomes an extension of your administration by taking over marketing, scheduling, registration and logistics management, enabling your exhibition to tour without burdening your staff. In fact, it has been the consensus of the museums with which we have worked that it makes little sense for them to expend their resources managing tours when they could otherwise be doing what they do best—creating exhibitions.How is CATE different than other touring exhibition services?
In addition to our expertise in marketing and managing exhibition tours, CATE's sister company, Curatorial Assistance, Inc., offers in-house framing, crating, and storage facilities. Our integrated capabilities translate into greater oversight and control of your project and improved economy of scale. The prudence of a single source of support and service is increasingly important in today's world of reduced staff and shrinking budgets. Art and museum services include framing, packing and crating, art shipping worldwide, exhibition design and fabrication, art installation, multimedia solutions for exhibitions, project management, digitizing of pictorial collections, photography and digital reproduction, and design for print and electronic publications.